Why it matters: The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo begins Friday and will continue through Feb. 8. The nearly 130-year-old event draws more than 1 million attendees every year, funneling more than $200 million into the Fort Worth economy.

CBS News Texas reporter Bo Evans has the hat and boots, but he's never seen the inside of a barn. Follow along as he gets up close with goats, pigs, and Longhorns at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.

A combination of frigid temperatures during Fort Worth’s winter season and the stock show’s mid-January to early February window, means that most Stock Show events are particularly chilly. “They just call this ‘Stock Show weather,